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  • adjective having or resembling wings

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Examples

  • The drone is a wing-shaped aircraft, like the stealth bomber, a design that is supposed to make it less visible to radar.

    U.S. Made Covert Plan to Retrieve Iran Drone Julian E. Barnes 2011

  • The 4,000-foot wing-shaped edifice is riddled with bullet holes from the Battle of Berlin and flanked by imposing Reichsadler Eagles of the German Empire.

    Repurposing Tempelhof A.J. Goldmann 2011

  • The drone is a wing-shaped aircraft, like the stealth bomber, a design that is supposed to make it less visible to radar.

    Iran Makes New Claim It Downed U.S. Drone Julian E. Barnes 2011

  • The craft, called a Wave Glider, consists of a surface buoy and a submerged glider with wing-shaped panels.

    They Won. And Then What? Emily Glazer 2011

  • The craft, which consists of a surface buoy and a submerged glider with wing-shaped panels, converts the up-and-down motion of waves into forward thrust, making it possible to propel the buoy indefinitely without relying on batteries or other power sources.

    The Winners, Category by Category Michael Totty 2010

  • Last Friday at noon, the wing-shaped brise-soleil that soars atop architect Santiago Calatrava's pavilion at the Milwaukee Art Museum closed and opened again.

    An All-Too-Bloodless Coup Heidi Waleson 2010

  • Her complexion was creamy and sun-bronzed, setting off two wing-shaped dark eyes that twinkled with intelligence above the high, angular planes of her cheekbones.

    ...And Nail 2010

  • Before the buggy could pull me, I had to learn how to control the airplane wing-shaped.

    Margie Goldsmith: Les Isles de la Madeleine (Magdalen Islands), Canada 2010

  • Though born looking completely normal, once the cat hit the age of 1, he began growing wing-shaped appendages on either side of his spine, the U.K.'s Daily Mail reports.

    Archive 2009-05-01 Will 2009

  • Though born looking completely normal, once the cat hit the age of 1, he began growing wing-shaped appendages on either side of his spine, the U.K.'s Daily Mail reports.

    DesignerBlog Will 2009

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